Finance firm owner hacked to death in Govind Nagar

Kanpur: An owner of a finance company was hacked to death in his office in Govind Nagar area of the city on late Monday evening. Police suspect the incident to be a fallout of a dispute over financial dealings and have launched a manhunt on the basis of CCTV footages procured from the area.
Police have identified the deceased as Jai Gopal Puri who used to run a finance company in Govind Nagar area.
Police said they received a call from locals of the area that a person was being brutally attacked. A police team rushed to the spot and found a man lying in a pool of blood, with multiple stab injuries. He was rushed to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital where he was declared dead by the doctors.
The death of finance company owner sent shock waves throughout the area.
SP South Deepak Bhukar said that Puri along with a female staff was sitting inside his office, when a group of unidentified men armed with sharp-edged weapons barged there and attacked him till he fell unconscious and slumped on the floor.
The female staff thereafter raised alarm and alerted nearby people.
“It is suspected that he might have been killed because of business rivalry. However, the exact motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained. An investigation has been started,” said SP further and added, “Forensic experts visited the spot and collected evidence from the office. At present, we are scanning CCTV footages, besides questioning female staff to ascertain the identity of assailants.”